(#175379) REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE COAST MOUNTAINS; EMBRACING THEIR AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AND MINERAL PRODUCTIONS. ALSO, PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AND NORTHERN MINING DISTRICTS. By Dr. John B. Trask. California, Geology.

REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE COAST MOUNTAINS; EMBRACING THEIR AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AND MINERAL PRODUCTIONS. ALSO, PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AND NORTHERN MINING DISTRICTS. By Dr. John B. Trask. [Sacramento]: B. B. Redding, State Printer, [1856]. 22x14.3 cm (octavo), pp. [1-9] 10-91 [92-93] [94: blank] [95: "note"] [96: blank], disbound. First edition. At head of title: "Document No. 14. / In Senate.] [Session 1855." Trask's report on his nearly seven-month tour in 1854 of California's agricultural and mining districts in Yuba, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego, Yolo, Sutter, Butte, Shasta, Trinity, and eastern Klamath counties. A substantial portion of the report is devoted to Sierra Nevada mining districts. Of value are the sections on the San Bernardino Mountains and the geology and mineral products of Los Angeles County. Greenwood 622. Eberstadt 114: 177. Not in Cowan. Vogdes, p. [11]. Some scattered foxing and tanning, a very good copy. (#175379).

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